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About To promote the generation, application, and archiving of knowledge of optics and photonics and to disseminate the knowledge worldwide.
Donations are tax-deductible
Financial Snapshot FY ending 2022-12-31 Financial history 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Latest FY2022: $44.3M · Peak FY2019: $49.5M · Avg: $45.0M
Foreign activity (Schedule F) Total spent abroad $481K
Foreign employees 4
Foreign offices 0
Foreign partnership interest No
Foreign trust interest No
Region Activity Spent East Asia and the Pacific — — Europe (including Iceland and Greenland) — — Middle East and North Africa — — North America (including Canada and Mexico, but not the United States) — — Russia and the newly independent States — — South America — — South America — — Sub-Saharan Africa — —
501(h) election This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.
Political & Grant Activity
OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC
Address 2010 Massachusetts AVE NW
Washington, DC, 20036-101
Governance Voting board members 16
Independent members 16
Conflict-of-interest policy Yes
Whistleblower policy Yes
Doc-retention policy Yes
Audit committee Yes
990 reviewed by board Yes
Compensation practices Severance payments No
Equity-based comp No
Supplemental retirement plan Yes
Compensation committee Yes
Used comp survey Yes
Board approved comp Yes
Initial contract exception No
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